On 14/02/2018 22:27, Ken Hofsass wrote: > On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:10 AM, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On 25/01/2018 19:48, Ken Hofsass wrote: >>> Test framework for KVM and the Linux kernel that enables standalone >>> tests to exercise host, guest, and nested guest functionality without >>> requiring a separate .flat file. The framework and tests are written >>> in C and assembly. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Ken Hofsass <hofsass@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> I just have a couple questions before looking a bit more deeper in the >> library: >> >> - is it expected that vmx_tsc_adjust_test fails? > > No, I was definitely expecting it to succeed. When I build a kernel > from the current HEAD of either kvm/next and also kvm/queue, > vmx_tsc_adjust_test succeeds with exit code 0 and output similar to > this: > > # ./vmx_tsc_adjust_test > IA32_TSC_ADJUST is -4294968584 (-1 * TSC_ADJUST_VALUE + -1288). > IA32_TSC_ADJUST is -8589940286 (-2 * TSC_ADJUST_VALUE + -5694). > IA32_TSC_ADJUST is -8589940286 (-2 * TSC_ADJUST_VALUE + -5694). > > What error message does it print? Nothing else, it's okay. I've finally got round to cleaning up all the code (down from 12000 to 6800 lines :)) for inclusion in Linux's tools/ repo. Next step is adopting the harness from there. If you have any other test you want to contribute, feel free to send them here! Paolo >> - why are the tests linked statically? > > Sorry, that is a development artifact. They can be built without > static. I will remove that flag when I resubmit this as segmented as > smaller patches.
